You just can't make this stuff up. I am speechless.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Geometry Lesson
Lets review a little geometry. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is:
a) longer than the sum of the other sides
b) way longer than the sum of the other sides
c) not that much longer than the sum of the other sides
d) not as long as you think
a) longer than the sum of the other sides
b) way longer than the sum of the other sides
c) not that much longer than the sum of the other sides
d) not as long as you think
THE GEEK RETURNS
After a notable absence of several months the Geek is back. Sometimes life just gets to complicated to find the couple of hours in the day to be clever and insightful! But I'm back and rededicated, dear reader, to bringing you the best in worthless and dumb information. So let us know what you like and what you don't.
WHY PRIVATE PILOTS PAY HIGHER INSURANCE RATES
Roanoke, Texas has an airport, and that airport has no control tower. Pilots fly in and out of the airport, and carefully watch the run way and the skies to insure that this doesn't happen. According to KFFA TV the plan that landed on top of the red plan was piloted by a...wait for it...student pilot and flight instructor. And believe it or not, the two pilots were neighbors as well. Wow.
HERES MORE
Saturday, February 16, 2008
I HATE Customer Service, and So Should You.
Oh how I hate calling customer service, (the VOICE) be it for the computer, to talk to the phone company or to ask a question of the bank. In general, I find myself caught in Voice Mail Tree hell (the VOICE)! Remember when you called your bank and got an operator who actually tied to get you to the right person.
Or call my personal favorite, Directv. These people have developed a very special voice tree designed to keep you from getting to the person who can actually help you (unless you want to buy something, that's pretty quick). The VOICE tells you how valued you are, all the things you can currently subscribe to on Directv, whats coming up, and then connects you to someone who asks you all the information you just told the VOICE about, to pass you on to someone else to tell the same thing to: again and again.
So imagine my delight to find a Web Place dedicated to getting you information on how to actually get a human on the phone. The site is gethuman.com a group dedicated to improving the customer service experience. The site gives you a list of customer service numbers and hints, how to get around the phone tree, how to ignore the VOICE.
Now we need a site that improves the quality of the human you eventually get. I'll settle for someone who actually cares that your a customer. Unfortunately, those are few and far between. I had one last night at Wachovia's Customer Service, someone who really cared that I understood the issues, was happy with the answer, and felt that I had been helped. To tell you the truth, my experience with Wachovia has been pretty exceptional.
Directv, you should take lessons.
Or call my personal favorite, Directv. These people have developed a very special voice tree designed to keep you from getting to the person who can actually help you (unless you want to buy something, that's pretty quick). The VOICE tells you how valued you are, all the things you can currently subscribe to on Directv, whats coming up, and then connects you to someone who asks you all the information you just told the VOICE about, to pass you on to someone else to tell the same thing to: again and again.
So imagine my delight to find a Web Place dedicated to getting you information on how to actually get a human on the phone. The site is gethuman.com a group dedicated to improving the customer service experience. The site gives you a list of customer service numbers and hints, how to get around the phone tree, how to ignore the VOICE.
Now we need a site that improves the quality of the human you eventually get. I'll settle for someone who actually cares that your a customer. Unfortunately, those are few and far between. I had one last night at Wachovia's Customer Service, someone who really cared that I understood the issues, was happy with the answer, and felt that I had been helped. To tell you the truth, my experience with Wachovia has been pretty exceptional.
Directv, you should take lessons.
Candidate Update
I hate that I have not found the time to keep you up on the current "race for the race for the White House". There are just so many opportunities to find humor in the current group of contenders, regardless of who you may personally feel is the best candidate. The Geek needs to be more aware of your need to know.
In other words, Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, these men and women are going out of their way to not say anything that makes any sense. So I will re-double my efforts to search the net for the very best of the election season, and be sure that I present it here, for your enjoyment. Like this delightful piece:
As Obese Population Rises, More Candidates Courting The Fat Vote
In other words, Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, these men and women are going out of their way to not say anything that makes any sense. So I will re-double my efforts to search the net for the very best of the election season, and be sure that I present it here, for your enjoyment. Like this delightful piece:
As Obese Population Rises, More Candidates Courting The Fat Vote
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
A Little Big Book
I just finished Final Rounds, a father, a son, the golf journey of a lifetime, a small but very powerful book. Written by James Dodson, a long time golf writer and regular contributer to Golf magazine, this is a beautifully written story about golf, life and choices made, and about death.
Without being "preachy" or sappy, it is about the nature of fatherhood, and how we influence our children, for good or for bad, by the example we set for them.
I am going to give this book to every young father I know in the hope of a better crop of dads and kids. I will tell you the end is so gloriously crafted that I cried my way through the final 30 or so painfully exquisite pages. I strongly recommend this book.
Without being "preachy" or sappy, it is about the nature of fatherhood, and how we influence our children, for good or for bad, by the example we set for them.
I am going to give this book to every young father I know in the hope of a better crop of dads and kids. I will tell you the end is so gloriously crafted that I cried my way through the final 30 or so painfully exquisite pages. I strongly recommend this book.
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